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AS REVISED AND ADOPTED JUNE 6, 1892, 
WITH AMENDMENTS 



NEW YORK 

Printed for the University 

1899 



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Resolution adopted February 3, 1896. 

Resolved^ That, in all official publications hereafter issued 
by or under authority of the Trustees, all the departments of 
instruction and research maintained and managed by this 
corporation, may, for convenience, be designated collectively 
as "Columbia University in the City of New York," or, 
"the University;" and the School of Arts, as the same is 
now known and described, may hereafter be designated as 
"Columbia College," or, "the College." 




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CONTENTS. 



STATUTES. 



I. — The President 
II. — The University Council 
III.— The Faculties 
IV. — Officers of Administration 
V. — Foundations . 
VI.— The Library . 
VII.— The Chapel . 
VIII.— The College . 
IX. — School of Law 
X. — School of Medicine 
XI. — Schools of Applied Science 
XII. — School of Political Science 
XIII.— School of Philosophy . 
XIV. — School of Pure Science . 
XV.— Students 

XVI.— Fees .... 
XVII. — Academic Costume 
XVIII. — Academic Calendar 
XIX. — Publications 
XX. — Public Lectures and Meetings 
XXI.— Fellowships . 
XXII. — Scholarships and Prizes 
XXIII. — Amendments 

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STATUTES. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PRESIDENT. 

§ I. The President shall have charge of the educational Powers, 
administration of the University, and shall be the Chairman 
of the University Council, and of every Faculty established 
by the Trustees. He shall preside at all Commencements, 
and shall sign all diplomas for degrees duly conferred. 

He shall preside at meetings of the University Council, 
and of the several Faculties, and his concurrence shall be 
necessary to every act of each of such bodies; unless, after 
his non-concurrence, the act or resolution shall be again 
passed by a vote of two-thirds of the entire body at the same 
or at the next succeeding meeting thereof. 

In all cases where there shall be a non-concurrence be- 
tween the President and a majority of the Council or Fac- 
ulty present at the time, the names of those voting on each 
side shall be entered on the minutes, and each member shall 
be entitled to have entered on the minutes his reasons for 
his vote. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the President to take charge Duties, 
and have care of the University generally, of its buildings, of 
its grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property 
upon the same; 

To call meetings of the University Council, and of the 
several Faculties, and to give such directions and perform 
such acts as shall, in his judgment, promote the interests of 
the University, so that they do not contravene the Charter, 
the Statutes, or the resolutions of the Trustees, or of the 
Council or Faculties; 

To report to the Trustees annually, on the first Monday 
in October, and as occasion shall require, the condition and 
needs of the University ; 

To administer discipline in the case of a violation by a 
student of any rule or regulation other than those adopted 
by a Faculty. 

§ 3. In the absence or disability of the President, pending Acting 
action by the Trustees, the Dean who has been longest in ^'^"''lent. 



THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 



Acting 
President. 



Leave of 
Absence. 



Degrees. 



office, who shall be in the regular performance of his duties, 
shall perform the duties and exercise the authority of the 
President ; provided that when two or more Deans have 
served an equal length of time in such office, such powers 
and duties shall devolve upon that one of them who has been 
longest in the service of the University. 

§ 4. In the case of professors absent on leave, the Presi- 
dent shall have power to make such temporary arrangements 
for the work of the University as he may deem proper, pro- 
vided that no expenditure shall be incurred beyond the limit 
of half-pay waived in each case by the absent professor, and 
provided, further, that no part of such funds shall be used to 
give additional pay to any one already in the service of the 
University. The President shall report the details of every 
such arrangement at the next meeting of the Trustees. 

The President shall also have power to grant leave of 
absence for reasonable cause, and for such length of time as 
he shall judge the occasion may require. Such leave of 
absence shall be entered upon the minutes of the appropriate 
Faculty. 

§ 5. The President shall have power, when the require- 
ments of the Statutes have been satisfactorily fulfilled, to 
confer degrees as follows: 

a. The degree of Bachelor of Arts, upon the recommenda- 
tion of the Faculty of the College; 

b. The professional and technical degrees of Bachelor of 
Laws, upon the recommendation of the Faculty of Law; Doc- 
tor of Medicine, upon the recommendation of the Faculty of 
Medicine ; and Bachelor of Science, Engineer of Mines, Civil 
Engineer, Metallurgical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, and 
Mechanical Engineer, upon the recommendation of the Fac- 
ulty of Applied Science. 

c. The degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Laws, and 
Doctor of Philosophy, upon the recommendation of the 
University Council. , 



CHAPTER IL 

THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 

Membership. § I- The University Council shall consist of the President, 
the Deans of the several University Faculties, and of a repre- 
sentative chosen from and by each such Faculty for the term 
of three years (who shall be eligible for re-election), and of 
the Dean and Secretary of the College, ex officio. 

The term "University Faculties" shall be deemed to 
include all the Faculties, except the Faculty of the College. 



THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 



The term of office of an elected representative of any 
University Faculty in the University Council shall begin on 
July first and run for a period of three years. Any elections 
held during such term shall be for the unexpired portion of 
the term. 

§ 2. The Council (subject to the reserved power of con- 
trol by the Trustees) shall have power, and it shall be its 
duty, in all matters not referred by statute to the President 
or the several Faculties : 

a. To fix and determine the conditions upon which the 
degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Laws, and Doctor of 
Philosophy shall be conferred, and to recommend candidates 
for such degrees; 

b. To secure the correlation of courses offered by the several 
University Faculties, with a view to increasing the efficiency 
and enlarging the range of University work; to encourage 
original research; to adjust all questions involving more than 
one Faculty; 

c. To make such recommendations, both to the Trustees 
and to the several Faculties, concerning the educational 
administration of the University as may seem to it proper, 
and to advise the President upon such matters as he may 
bring before it; 

d. To prescribe the form of the Commencement exercises 
and to select the speakers ; 

e. To appoint all Fellows and to make rules for their gov- 
ernment, subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed 
by the Statutes or by the terms upon which the several 
Fellowships are established. 

§ 3. No exercise of the powers conferred upon the Coun- 
cil, which involves a change in the educational policy of the 
University in respect to the requirements of admission, the 
course of study, or the conditions of graduation, shall take 
effect until the same shall have been submitted to the Trustees 
at one meeting, and another meeting of the Trustees shall 
have been held subsequent to that at which it was sub- 
mitted. 

§ 4. The Council may invite a representative of the 
Faculties of the General Protestant Episcopal and of the 
Union Theological Seminaries, respectively, to sit with it, 
with power to advise only. 

§ 5. The Council shall meet quarterly during the academic 
year, and special meetings shall be held on the call of the 
President. In the absence of the President the Council shall 
elect a temporary Chairman. 

§ 6. The Council shall elect a Secretary, who shall perform 



Term of 
Office. 



Limitation 
of Powers. 



Representa- 
tion of 
Seminaries. 



Meetings. 
Chairman. 



Secretary. 



8 THE FACULTIES. 

Secretary, the usual dutics of a recording ofificer, issue notices of meet- 
ings, and perform such other duties as shall be assigned to 
hina by the President or Council. 

CHAPTER III. 



THE FACULTIES. 

Powers. § I. The several Faculties (subject to the reserved power 
of control by the Trustees and the provisions of the Statutes) 
shall have power and it shall be their duty in the College and 
in their respective Schools: 

a. To fix the requirements of admission, the course of study, 
and the conditions of graduation; 

b. To establish rules for ascertaining the proficiency of 
students, and for the assignment of honors; 

c. To establish the rules of conduct to be observed by the 
students; 

d. To fix the times of examinations other than the entrance 
and final examinations; 

e. To prepare and publish from time to time a statement of 
the course of study, specifying the studies to be pursued in 
each year, and in each of the departments of instruction ; 

f. To make all such regulations of their own proceedings, 
and for the better government of the College and their re- 
spective Schools, as shall not contravene the Charter of the 
corporation, the Statutes, or any resolution of the Trustees 
or Council. 

§ 2. No exercise of the powers conferred on any of the 
Faculties, which involves a change in the educational policy 
of the University in respect to the requirements of admission, 
the course of study, or the conditions of graduation, shall 
take effect until the same shall have been submitted to the 
Trustees at one meeting, and another meeting shall have 
been held subsequent to that at which it was submitted. 
Deans. § 3- Each Faculty shall elect from among its own members 
a Dean, who shall hold ofifice for a term of five years, and 
who shall be eligible for re-election, but he shall receive no 
additional compensation for his services in such office. The 
Dean shall be the executive officer of the Faculty, and it 
shall be his duty to report to the President annually, and as 
occasion shall require, the conditions and needs of the de- 
partments included in such Faculty. It shall also be his 
duty to enforce its rules and regulations and those of the 
Trustees and Council so far as they relate to the Faculty 
represented by him. In the absence of the President the 



Limitation 
of Powers, 



THE FACULTIES. 



Dean shall preside at meetings of the Faculty. In the ab- 
sence of the Dean the Faculty may elect an acting Dean, 
who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the 
Dean. Nothing herein contained shall affect the compensa- 
tion or term of office of any person now holding the office of 
Dean. 

The term of office of a Dean shall begin on July first 
and run for a period of five years. Any elections held 
during such a term shall be for the unexpired portion of the 
term. No Dean holding office March i, 1895, shall be 
affected by this provision in such a way as to shorten his 
term of office. 

§ 4. The Dean of each Faculty shall, with the approval of 
the President, administer discipline in the case of violation 
by a student of the rules and regulations of such Faculty, 

§ 5. Each Faculty shall elect a Secretary, who shall per- 
form the usual duties of a recording officer, shall issue 
notices of meetings, and shall perform such other duties as 
may be assigned to him by the President or the Dean of his 
Faculty. The Secretary shall receive no additional compen- 
sation for his services in such office. Nothing herein con- 
tained shall affect the term of office or compensation of any 
person now holding the office of Secretary. 

§ 6. Each Faculty shall meet at least once a month during 
the academic year, unless otherwise directed by the President, 
and special meetings shall be held on the call of the Presi- 
dent, or, in his absence, of the Dean. 

§ 7. Each Faculty shall keep a book of minutes of its pro- 
ceedings, which shall be submitted by the President at meet- 
ings of the Trustees. 

§ 8. The Faculty of the College or of any School may 
invite other officers of instruction in the University to take 
part in their deliberations, but only the professors and adjunct 
professors who are members of such Faculty shall have the 
right to vote. 

§ 9. At each meeting of the several Faculties, the Presi- 
dent, or, in his absence, the acting chairman, shall read, for 
the information of the Faculty, so much of the printed sum- 
mary of resolutions adopted by the Trustees at their last pre- 
ceding meeting as he may deem material. 

§ 10. Officers of instruction shall be required to be in 
attendance at the University during the academic year, unless 
excused by the President or absent on leave. 

§ II. Appointments of all officers of instruction, other than 
professors and adjunct professors, shall be made by the 
Faculties severally of the College or of the School in which 



Deans, 



Term ot 
Office. 



Discipline. 



Secretaries. 



Meetings. 



Minutes. 



Right to 
Vote. 



Resolutions 
of the 
Trustees. 



Attendance. 



Appoint- 
ments. 



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THE FACULTIES. 



Appoint- 
ments. 



Grades of 
Office. 



Precedence. 
Salaries. 



Payment of 
Salaries. 



Other Em- 
ployment. 



Barnard 
College. 



Leave of 
Absence. 



Emeritus 
Professors. 



such officers are to serve, subject to confirmation by the 
Trustees ; except that to fill vacancies in such offices caused 
by death, resignation, or any emergency, the President may 
make appointments subject to like confirmation. The number 
of such officers and the amount of their compensation shall be 
determined in advance by the Trustees. 

§ 12. The following grades of office shall be recognized in 
all appointments as ranking relatively to each other in the 
following order: professor, adjunct professor, instructor, 
tutor, assistant. Lecturers and curators may also be ap- 
pointed. A lecturer is an officer whose connection with the 
University is temporary, or whose service is not continuous. 
A curator is an officer having charge of collections. Nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to apply to the office of 
prize lecturer in the School of Political Science. 

§ 13. The professors in the several Faculties shall take 
precedence according to the dates of their appointments. 

§ 14. The salaries of the following named officers shall 
attach to the grade, and shall be as follows : 

a. The salary of every instructor when first appointed shall 
be sixteen hundred dollars a year, with an annual increase of 
one hundred dollars, up to two thousand dollars. 

b. The salary of every tutor when first appointed shall be 
one thousand dollars a year, with an annual increase of one 
hundred dollars, up to fifteen hundred dollars. 

c. The salary of every assistant shall be five hundred dol- 
lars; but this section shall not apply to the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons. 

§ 15. Payment of salaries shall be made quarterly on the 
30th of September, 31st of December, 31st of March, and 30th 
of June (which are hereby designated as the " usual quarter- 
days "), in each case to date, and at no other times. 

§ 16. No officer of instruction shall be employed in any 
occupation which interferes with the thorough, efficient, and 
earnest performance of the duties of his office. 

§ 17. Professors and others in the service of the University 
may lecture or teach in Barnard College with the consent of 
the President, and not otherwise. 

§ 18. Each professor shall be entitled once in every seven 
years to a year's leave of absence on half-pay, such year to 
count as a year of service to the University, provided, how- 
ever, that not more than four professors shall be absent at 
any one time, and that the President shall adjust such leaves 
of absence. 

§ 19. Any professor who has been fifteen successive years 
or upwards in the service of the University, and who is also 



OFFICERS OF ADMTNISTRA TION. \ \ 

sixty-five years of age, or over, may at his own request Emeritus 
signified to the President in writing, or upon the motion of ^^°^^^^°'^^- 
the Trustees, be made an emeritus professor on half-pay from 
the beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year. The pro- 
visions of this section shall also apply to the Librarian. 

§ 20. Emeritus professors shall have no stated duties, but 
their names shall be included in the printed lists of the Fac- 
ulties, and they shall be officially invited to attend all public 
exercises and Commencements. 

CHAPTER IV. 

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION. 

§ I. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, under the supenntend- 
direction of the President, to take charge of the boiler house lnd°Groutufs. 
and of the heating, ventilating, and lighting apparatus; to 
employ, control, and discharge all persons employed in and 
about the said boiler house and apparatus, and all janitors, 
watchmen, and other subordinates and servants; and he 
shall have care of the University grounds and buildings and 
of the furniture and fixtures therein, and shall see that the 
same are kept in good and proper order and in sufficient 
repair, and shall perform such other duties as may from time 
to time be designated by the President. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary and 
Secretary of the University to perform such duties as may be ta^ry^'ofthe^" 
designated by the President. university. 

§ 3, It shall be the duty of the Bursar, under the instruc- Bursar, 
tions of the Treasurer, to pay charges against such of the 
appropriations as may be designated by the Treasurer; to 
collect the fees of students, except of the students of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons ; to receive all money on 
account of the Treasurer due and payable at the University, 
except such as may become due at the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons; to keep proper vouchers for all payments and 
proper accounts of all his transactions, in conformity with the 
instructions of the Treasurer; and generally to be the repre- 
sentative of the Treasurer at the University. It shall be the 
duty of the Bursar, under the directions of the President, to 
maintain and conduct the Bureau of Supplies; on and after 
July I, 1897, to take charge of the registration of all students, 
except the students of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
and generally to keep such records and to furnish such copies 
of the same as the President may direct; and to take charge 
of and be responsible for the matriculation books of the 



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FO UNDA TIONS—LIBRAR Y. 



Bursar. 



Registrar. 



University, except such as may be kept at the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons. 

§ 4. It shall be the duty of the Registrar of the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons to take charge of the office work, 
and to perform such clerical duties as may be designated by 
the President, or by the Dean of the Medical Faculty. 



CHAPTER V. 



FOUNDATIONS. 



Scholarships. 



Fellowships. 



Professor- 
ships. 



§ I. A Scholarship may be founded in the College or in 
any School by the payment to the Treasurer of not less than 
three thousand dollars, and the person founding the same, 
his representatives and assigns, shall be entitled to have 
always one student educated in the College or in such School 
free of all charges for tuition. The Scholarship shall bear 
such title as the founder may designate, subject to the 
approval of the Trustees. 

§ 2. A Fellowship may be founded by the payment to the 
Treasurer of not less than ten thousand dollars for the 
encouragement of advanced study and original research in 
such subject or subjects, and bearing such title as the 
founder may designate, subject to the approval of the 
Trustees. 

§ 3. A Professorship may be founded by the payment to 
the Treasurer of not less than one hundred thousand dollars 
to provide instruction in such subject, and bearing such 
title as the founder may designate, subject to the approval 
of the Trustees. 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE LIBRARY. 



Librarian. § i. The Librarian shall be the executive officer of the 
Library, under the direction of the President, and it shall be 
his duty to see that the Statutes and all resolutions, rules, 
apd regulations relating to the Library are properly enforced. 
He shall be the custodian of the property of the Library, 
and of its files, records, books, and papers, and shall have 
the general charge and control of the Library and the rooms 
containing it, and also of the expenditures of all moneys 
appropriated by the Trustees for the purchase of books 



THE LIBRARY. 



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and supplies therefor; he shall appoint all needed assistants 
and subordinate officers, and fix their titles, duties, and 
compensations, provided that the total amount shall not 
exceed the appropriation of the Trustees for that purpose; he 
shall make and enforce by suitable penalties any needed rules 
and regulations relating to the Library, its readers, officers, 
or servants. All bills on account of the Library, for books, 
periodicals, binding, administration, or other expenses, shall 
be examined and certified by the Librarian, or, in his absence, 
by the deputy duly appointed, and shall be countersigned by 
the President, before being paid. 

§ 2. All books, maps, charts, and other printed matter 
heretofore or hereafter purchased for the use of any depart- 
ment shall be deemed to be a part of the Library, and shall 
be stamped and catalogued as such, and such books shall 
be kept in the Library when not required in the respective 
departments for special uses; and their presence shall be 
periodically verified and their condition inspected by the 
Librarian or one of his assistants. Such books shall be pur- 
chased by the Librarian and paid for out of the general book 
fund, except that books may be purchased by the head of a 
department and charged to the appropriation of that depart- 
ment, such purchase having first been approved by the Pres- 
ident. 

§ 3. Books shall not be loaned except in conformity with 
regulations prescribed by the Committee of the Trustees on 
the Library. 

§ 4. No less than three copies of all reports and other 
matter printed by authority of the Trustees, except such as 
may be printed for their exclusive use, shall be deposited in 
the Library. 

§ 5. All gifts of money to the Library shall be paid to the 
Treasurer, who shall disburse the same, subject to the approval 
of the President, for the purpose, if any, specified by the 
donor, without special vote or appropriation ; and such gifts 
made without condition shall be used for buying books, 
which shall be marked with the donor's name. 

§ 6. A copy of every thesis, essay, oration, or other writ- 
ten matter which shall be delivered at Commencement, or 
upon which any prize or degree shall be awarded, shall be 
deposited in the Library in printed or written form suitable 
for binding. 



Librarian. 



Purchase and 
Catalogue of 
Books. 



Loan of 
Books. 



Official 
Reports. 



Gifts. 



Theses and 
Essays. 



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CHA PEL— COLLEGE. 
CHAPTER VII. 



THE CHAPEL. 

Attendance. § T. Attendance Upon the Chapel services shall be volun- 
tary, but all persons connected with the University, whether 
as officers or students, shall be invited to take part in such 
services. 
Chaplains. § 2. It shall be the duty of the President to make suitable 
arrangements for the conduct of the Chapel services with 
such clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church as he 
may think proper. 

CHAPTER VIII. 



THE COLLEGE. 

Faculty. § I. The Faculty of the College shall consist of the Presi- 
dent and the heads of the Departments of Astronomy, Botany, 
Chemistry, English Language and Literature, Geology, Ger- 
manic Languages and Literature, Greek, History, Latin, 
Literature, Mathematics, Mechanics, Philosophy, Physics, 
Political Economy, Rhetoric, Romance Languages and Lit- 
erature, and Zoology, and of such other professors as may be 
assigned to this Faculty by the Trustees. 
Admission. § 2. No Student shall be admitted to the Freshman Class, 
at its formation, unless he shall have attained the age of 
fifteen years ; nor to a more advanced standing without a cor- 
responding increase of age; but this rule may be dispensed 
with when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are sufficient 
reasons to justify its relaxation. 

§ 3. Every candidate for admission shall be required to 
present, before examination, a certificate of good moral 
character from his last teacher, or from some citizen in good 
standing; and students from other colleges shall be required 
to bring certificates from such colleges of honorable dis- 
charge. 

Classes. § 4- There shall be four classes of students, to be desig- 
nated respectively as the Freshman Class, the Sophomore 
Class, the Junior Class, and the Senior Class. The course of 
study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the 
entire course four years. 

Degree. § 5- Every student who shall have completed the entire 
course of four years, and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to receive 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 



Certificate of 
Character. 



THE COLLEGE. I 5 

§ 6. A prize to be known as the "Alumni Prize," of fifty Aiumni Prize, 
dollars in money or its equivalent at the option of the receiver, 
established by the Association of the Alumni of Columbia 
College, shall be awarded annually to the most faithful and 
deserving student of the graduating class, subject to such 
regulations as may be prescribed by the Association and the 
Faculty, so long as such Association shall continue to main- 
tain the same. 

§ 7. Two prizes, founded, through the Rev. John McVickar, ^^y^^'^'' 
D,D, , by the Society for Promoting Religion and Learning, 
to be known respectively as the " Society's Greek Seminary 
Prize," of thirty dollars, and the " Society's English Seminary 
Prize," of twenty dollars, shall be annually competed for 
among such members of the graduating class as shall have 
given in their names to the President, at least one month 
previous to such competition, as candidates for the General 
Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church; 
each student giving in his name as competitor to designate 
the prize for which he contends, and to be confined to the 
choice then made. The examination for each prize shall be 
held publicly in the Chapel, and separate from the general ex- 
amination. The examination for the prize in Greek shall be on : 

a. The Epistles of the New Testament (in Greek) "ad 
aperturam libri. " 

b. On some one of the early Greek fathers, to be desig- 
nated at the time of noticing the prize, or, if none be desig- 
nated, then upon some portion of Chrysostom or Athanasius, 
at the choice of the student. The decision shall be with the 
President and the Professor of Greek. 

The examination for the prize in English shall consist in 
the production of an essay (to be publicly read, or not, as the 
President may determine), of the ordinary length of a pulpit 
discourse, on some subject connected with the course of Evi- 
dences on which the class has been engaged ; such subject to 
be selected by the Professor of the Evidences, and given out 
by him at the time of notice; and the prize to be adjudged, 
as before; by the President, and the professor of that branch; 
such decision to have respect to: 

a. The general ability and soundness of the essay; 

b. Its logical and demonstrative form ; and 

c. The pure Saxon style and idiom in which it is written. 
The names of the successful candidates shall be enrolled 

in a suitable book, to be provided for that purpose, lettered 
appropriately, and kept in the Library; shall be announced 
with other honors on Commencement Day, and also recorded 
honorably in the Society's books. 



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SCHOOL OF LA W. 



Chanler 
Prize. 



§ 8. A prize to be known as the "Chanler Historical 
Prize," of the value of fifty dollars, shall be awarded annu- 
ally to the member of the Senior Class who shall be the 
author of the best original manuscript essay in English prose 
on the History of Civil Government in America, or some 
other historical subject to be determined by the Faculty. 
The subject for the prize shall be announced on or before 
November first, and the essays shall be submitted to the 
President on or before May first in each year. 



CHAPTER IX. 

SCHOOL OF LAW, 



Faculty. 



Admission. 



Admission. 



Advanced 
Standing. 



Bachelor's 
Degree. 



§ I. The Faculty of Law shall consist of the President and 
the Professors of Law. 

§ 2. The Faculty shall have power to arrange with suit- 
able persons for the delivery of lectures on special topics, 
provided the expense so incurred shall not exceed the appro- 
priation therefor; but the Faculty shall from time to time 
report to the Trustees the names of all such lecturers and a 
list of the topics, 

§ 3. No student shall be admitted to the first year of the 
curriculum unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen 
years; nor to a more advanced standing without a corre- 
sponding increase of age; but this rule may be dispensed 
with when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are sufficient 
reasons to justify its relaxation, 

§ 4. Graduates of colleges and scientific schools in good 
standing, and all persons who have received the Regents' 
Academic Diploma, shall be admitted without examination 
until June 30th, 1903, All other persons presenting them- 
selves for admission to the School prior to June 30th, 1903, 
must comply with such requirements as may be prescribed 
by the Faculty. No person shall be admitted after June 30th, 
1903, to the School except graduates of colleges and scientific 
schools in good standing, or persons presenting satisfactory 
evidence of equivalent training, 

§ 5. No candidate for a degree shall be admitted to ad- 
vanced standing until he shall have passed a satisfactory 
examination upon the studies pursued by the class to which 
he seeks admission, and no candidate shall receive a degree 
unless he shall have passed the third year in this School, 

§ 6. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws shall 
be divided into three classes. The course of study of each 



SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 



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of these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course 
three years. Every student who shall have completed the 
entire course of three years, and shall have passed satisfac- 
torily all the examinations required of him, shall be qualified 
to receive the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Should the 
student not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the 
time of graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be 
deferred until he shall have attained that age. 

§ 7. The degree of Master of Laws may be conferred upon 
persons who have received the degree of Bachelor of Laws 
after having pursued the study of law for three years in some 
college or law school offering a course of study of three years 
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and who shall 
have pursued, for at least one year thereafter, as a member of 
the School of Law, a course of study provided by the Faculty, 
and shall have passed satisfactory examinations therein. The 
Faculty of Law may, however, in its discretion, require any 
applicant for the degree of Master of Laws to pass satisfac- 
tory examinations in the work offered by the School of Law 
of Columbia University for the degree of Bachelor of Laws 
as a condition of entering upon the course of study for the 
degree of Master of Laws. 

§ 8. A student who shall not have pursued the full course 
of study shall be entitled to a certificate, stating the duration 
of his attendance and the degree of his attainment. 



Bachelor's 
Degree. 



Master's 
Degree. 



Certificate. 



CHAPTER X. 



SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 

The following Statutes are enacted in accordance with the Agreement 
terms of the agreement forming the basis of union between ° "'°"' 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons and The Trustees of 
Columbia College in the City of New York: 

§ I. The Faculty of the College of Physicians and Sur- Faculty, 
geons shall consist of the President and of the occupants of 
the eight chairs of Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, Pathol- 
ogy, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Practice of Medicine, 
Surgery, and Obstetrics. 

§ 2. All officers of instruction shall be appointed by the Appoint- 
Trustees after nomination by the said Faculty. ments. 

§ 3. Matriculates who shall have declared themselves in special 
writing not to be candidates for the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons may be 
admitted as special students upon such conditions, other than 
those relating to fees, as the Faculty shall prescribe. No 



students. 



i8 



SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 



Special 
Students. 



Admission to 
Second Year. 



Classes. 



Degree. 



Harsen 
Clinical 
Prizes. 



Harsen 

Proficiency 

Prizes. 



Special student shall revoke the said declaration and become 
a candidate for the said degree, unless, subsequently to the 
said revocation, he shall have fulfilled all the requirements 
for graduation in Medicine. 

§ 4. No matriculate shall be admitted to the second year 
of the medical curriculum who shall not have pursued satis- 
factorily such a course at some other Medical School as shall 
have been recognized by the Faculty as an equivalent for the 
first year of the medical curriculum at the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons. No course of another Medical School shall 
be so recognized which shall have begun during the same 
calendar year as the session to which admission is sought. 

§ 5. There shall be four classes of students. The course 
of study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the 
entire course four years. 

§ 6. Every candidate shall be entitled to be recommended 
for the degree of Doctor of Medicine who, being of good 
moral character, shall have — 

a. Filed duly a medical student's certificate of the Regents 
of the University of the State of New York, showing him to 
have complied with Chapter 467 of the Laws of 1889, entitled 
" An act to provide for the preliminary education of medical 
students," and the laws amendatory thereof; 

b. Completed the required curriculum ; 

c. Passed satisfactorily all the examinations required of 
him. 

Should a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine 
not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time of 
graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred 
until he shall have attained that age. 

§ 7. Three prizes, to be known as the " Harsen Prize for 
Clinical Reports," of the value of one hundred and fifty dol- 
lars, seventy-five dollars, and twenty-five dollars, respectively, 
together with Harsen prize medals and diplomas, shall be 
awarded annually for the three best reports in writing, by 
students in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of the 
clinical instruction given at the New York Hospital during 
any four consecutive months of the year ending on Com- 
mencement Day, subject to such regulations as may be pre- 
scribed by the Faculty, 

§ 8. Ten prizes, to be known as the "Harsen Prizes for 
Proficiency at Examination ": three, of the value of five hun- 
dred dollars, three hundred dollars, and two hundred dollars, 
respectively; and seven, of the value of twenty-five dollars 
each; together with Harsen prize medals and diplomas, shall 
be awarded annually to the ten members of each graduating 



SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 



19 



Alumni 
Prize. 



class in the College of Physicians and Surgeons who at their Harsen 
examination for the degree of Doctor of Medicine shall show pr?zes.^"*^^ 
the highest proficiency in all the branches combined ; the 
three most meritorious receiving the first, second, and third 
prizes, respectively; subject to such regulations as may be 
prescribed by a committee consisting of the President of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the President of the 
Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, and a resident alumnus selected by them: and such 
committee shall have power to determine the relative merits 
of the competitors and to make the awards. 

§ 9. A prize, to be known as the " Alumni Association 
Prize," of five hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially 
to the graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
who shall submit the best medical essay on any subject, por- 
vided such essay shall be deemed sufficiently meritorious, 
and shall be open to competition in alternate years with the 
"Cartwright Prize," subject to such regulations as may be 
prescribed by the Alumni Association, so long as the same 
shall be maintained by such Association. 

§ 10. A prize, to be known as the " Cartwright Prize," of ^^r*^right 
five hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially to the person 
(not necessarily a graduate of the College of Physicans and 
Surgeons) who shall submit the best medical essay on any 
subject, provided such essay shall be deemed sufficiently meri- 
torious, and shall be open to competition in alternate years 
with the "Alumni Association Prize," subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by the Alumni Association. 

§ II. A prize to be known as the "Stevens Triennial 
Prize," of two hundred dollars, shall be awarded triennally 
to the person (not necessarily a graduate of the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons) who shall submit the best medical 
essay on any subject, including the results of original research 
by the writer upon the subject chosen; subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by a committee consisting of the 
President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the 
President of the Alumni Association, and the Professor of 
Physiology: and such committee shall have power to deter- 
mine the relative merits of the essays submitted, and to award 
or withhold the prize. 

§ 12. A prize, to be known as the " Joseph Mather Smith smith Pr 



Prize. 



Stevens Prize. 



* Chapter 97, Laws of 1894, declares the Dean of the Medical Faculty of 
Columbia College and his successors to be the successors in office of the Presi- 
dent of the Managing Board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, with 
all the rights, powers, and duties of such President under any act of the Legis- 
lature, or by deed or will. 



20 



SCHOOLS OF APPLIED SCIENCE. 



Smith Prize. 



Clark 
Scholarship, 



Prize," of one hundred dollars, shall be awarded annually to 
the graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons who 
shall submit the best essay, if sufficiently meritorious, on a 
subject designated by a committee consisting of the President 
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,* the President of 
the Alumni Association, and the Professor of Pathology and 
Practical Medicine, subject to such regulations as may be 
prescribed by such committee, who shall have power to deter- 
mine the relative merits of the essays submitted, and to award 
or withhold the prize. 

§ 13. A scholarship, to be known as the "Alonzo Clark 
Scholarship," of nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as 
the income of the fund set apart therefor shall suffice to pay, 
shall be awarded annually to such person as the Faculty 
may appoint, who shall devote himself to study under their 
guidance, with the special purpose of discovering new facts 
in medical science. 



CHAPTER XI. 



SCHOOLS OF APPLIED SCIENCE. 



Faculty. § I. The Faculty of Applied Science shall consist of the 
President and the Professors in the Departments of Mathe- 
matics, Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, 
Mineralogy, Mining, Metallurgy, and Architecture, and any 
other Professors who may be specifically assigned to this 
Faculty by the Trustees. 

This Faculty shall have charge of the Schools of Applied 
Science, to wit: the School of Mines, the School of Chem- 
istry, the School of Engineering, and the School of Archi- 
tecture, and in addition thereto, each department represented 
in it may, with the approval of the Faculty, offer such Uni- 
versity courses as in its judgment will develop most advan- 
tageously the study of its specialty. 
Use of Title. § 2. No officcr of the Schools of Applied Science shall use 
the official title of any such School or of the University, or 
refer to his professional connection therewith, in any opinion 
or certificate which he may give as to the merits or claim, 
either relative or positive, of any association or company 
engaged in manufacturing, mining, or other practical busi- 



* Chapter 97, Laws of 1894, declares the Dean of the Medical Faculty of 
Columbia College and his successors to be the successors in office of the Presi- 
dent of the Managing Board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, with 
all the rights, powers, and duties of such President under any Act of the Legis- 
lature, or by deed or will. 



SCHOOLS OF APPLIED SCIENCE. 



21 



ness, or to any scientific or practical invention, without the 
approval or assent of the Trustees. 

§ 3. No student shall be admitted to the first class of any 
of the Schools of Applied Science, at the formation of the 
class, unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen years; 
nor to a more advanced standing without a corresponding 
increase of age; but this rule may be dispensed with when, 
in the opinion of the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, 
there are sufficient reasons to justify its relaxation. 

§ 4. There shall be in each School of Applied Science four 
classes of students, to be designated respectively as the First, 
Second, Third, and Fourth Class. The course of study of 
each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire 
course four years. 

§ 5. The School of Mines shall conduct the courses in Min- 
ing and in Metallurgy, leading respectively to the degrees of 
Engineer of Mines and Metallurgical Engineer. 

The School of Chemistry shall conduct the course in Ana- 
lytical and Applied Chemistry, leading to the degree of 
Bachelor of Science. 

The School of Engineering shall conduct the courses in 
Civil Engineering, in Sanitary Engineering, in Mechanical 
Engineering, and in Electrical Engineering. The first two 
of these courses shall lead to the degree of Civil Engineer, 
and the others respectively to the degree of Mechanical 
Engineer and Electrical Engineer. 

The School of Architecture shall conduct the course in 
Architecture leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. 

At the beginning of the first year, each student in any of 
the Schools of Applied Science shall elect which of the courses 
above mentioned he intends to pursue, and, after having 
made his election, he shall not be permitted to abandon the 
course chosen in order to take up another without the consent 
of the President and the Dean of the Faculty of Applied 
Science. 

§ 6. ^very student who shall have completed the entire 
course of four years and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to receive 
either the degree of Engineer of Mines, Metallurgical Engi- 
neer, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engi- 
neer, or Bachelor of Science. 

§ 7. There shall be the following summer schools: a Sum- 
mer School in Surveying, a Summer School in Practical 
Geodesy, a Summer School in Practical Mining, a Summer 
School in Mechanical Engineering, and a Summer School in 
Geology, all of which shall be under the direction of the 



Use of Title. 



Age of 

Admission. 



Course 
of Study. 



School of 
Mines. 



School of 
Chemistry. 



School of 
Engineering. 



School of 
Architecture. 



Degrees. 



Summer 
Schools. 



22 



SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



Summer 
Schools. 



Loan of 
Specimens. 



Illig Medals. 



Faculty of Applied Science, which shall designate an officer 
to take charge of each of such schools, shall prescribe the 
requirements for attendance, and shall make such regulations 
therefor as they may deem proper. 

§ 8. Specimens from the geological, zoological, botanical, 
mineralogical, metallurgical, chemical, architectural, and 
other collections, shall not be loaned, except by special per- 
mission of the Trustees. 

§ 9. Prizes to be known as " Illig Medals " shall be awarded 
annually to the student or students of the graduating or 
Fourth Class in the Schools under the Faculty of Applied 
Science who shall, in the judgment of the Faculty, have 
merited the same by commendable proficiency in their regular 
studies. The Illig Medals shall be of a style and design ap- 
proved by the Faculty, provided that the cost of the dies and 
medals shall not exceed the income of the bequest made for 
this purpose by William C. Illig, a graduate of the School of 
Mines in the Class of 1882. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Faculty. 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



Course of 
Study. 



Seligman 
Prize. 



SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 

§ I. The Faculty of Political Science shall consist of the 
President and the professors engaged in the course of 
instruction. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree must have successfully pur- 
sued a course of study in the College, or in some other insti- 
tution maintaining an equivalent course of study, to the close 
of the Junior year, or must pass a satisfactory examination 
upon the studies of the first three years of the College. 

§ 3. The course of study shall be designed to prepare 
young men for the duties of public life, and shall embrace 
the history of the literature of the political sciences ; the gen- 
eral constitutional history of Europe; the special constitu- 
tional history of England and the United States; the Roman 
law and the jurisprudence of existing codes derived there- 
from; the comparative constitutional law of European states 
and of the United States ; the comparative constitutional law 
of the different States of the American Union ; the history of 
diplomacy; international law; systems of administrations, 
state and national, of the United States; comparison of 
American and European systems of administration : political 
economy and statistics. 

§ 4. A prize, to be known as the " Edwin Seligman Prize 
in Political Science," of one hundred and fifty dollars, shall 



SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



23 



be awarded annually to the student in the School of Political Seiigman 
Science who shall produce the best original essay of the year "^^' 
upon some topic in political economy, subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by a committee appointed by 
the Faculty of the School, so long as Professor Seiigman 
shall continue to maintain the same. 

§ 5. There shall be three Prize Lectureships in the School P"ze Lec- 
of Political Science to be governed by the following rules: ""^^^ '^^" 

a. At the close of each academic year a Prize Lectureship 
shall be awarded to that member of the Academy attached 
to the School of Political Science who (being a graduate of 
such School or a graduate of the School of Law of this Uni- 
versity, who has taken a two years' course in the School of 
Political Science) shall, during the scholastic year then end- 
ing, have commended himself to the Faculty as being the 
most deserving of such distinction; and in making their de- 
cision the Faculty shall take into account a thesis or original 
work on some subject connected with history or political 
science, but such thesis need not be the sole ground of 
selection. 

b. The persons appointed to such Lectureships shall sev- 
erally hold the same for the period of three years and may 
be re-appointed at the expiration of such period. They shall 
severally be entitled to receive the sum of five hundred 
dollars per annum during their incumbency, payable at the 
expiration of the year, upon the certificate of the Dean 
showing that they have performed satisfactorily the duty 
prescribed by the following rule: 

c. It shall be the duty of the incumbent of each of the said 
Lectureships to deliver an original course of twenty lectures 
in each academic year in the School, upon some subject or 
subjects to be designated by the Faculty. Such lectures 
shall be delivered at such times and under such regulations 
as shall be prescribed by the Faculty. 

d. Vacancies occurring in any of said Lectureships by 
death, resignation, or otherwise, may be filled for the residue 
of the unexpired term in the manner prescribed in rule a. 
The incumbents of said Lectureships shall be liable to re- 
moval by the Trustees on the recommendation of the Faculty; 
and such removal shall work a forfeiture of the right there- 
after to receive the compensation provided in rule b, or any 
part thereof. 

§ 6. A prize, to be known as the " Robert N. Toppan Prize," xoppan 
of one hundred and fifty dollars, shall be awarded annually to ^"^^• 
the member of the School who shall pass the best written ex- 
amination upon a paper prepared by the professor in charge 



24 



PHIL SOPH Y—P URE SCIENCE. 



Bennett 
Prize. 



Toppan of the Department of Constitutional Law, so long as the said 
Robert N. Toppan shall continue to maintain the same. 

§ 7. A prize to be known as the " Bennett Prize," consist- 
ing of the income to be derived from the fund heretofore 
established by James Gordon Bennett, shall be awarded 
annually at Commencement to the undergraduate member of 
the Senior Class, or special student of similar standing, who 
shall have taken satisfactory courses in Political Science, and 
who shall have prepared the best essay in English prose upon 
some subject of contemporaneous interest in the domestic or 
foreign policy of the United States, provided that no award 
shall be made for any essay that is defective in English com- 
position. The subject shall be selected, the rules of compe- 
tition formulated, and the decision rendered by the Faculty 
of Political Science. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Faculty. 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



Course of 
Study. 



SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 

§ I. The Faculty of Philosophy shall consist of the Presi- 
dent and the professors engaged in the course of instruction. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree must have successfully pur- 
sued a course of study in the College, or in some other insti- 
tution maintaining an equivalent course of study, to the 
close of the Junior year, or must pass a satisfactory examina- 
tion upon the studies of the first three years of the College. 

§ 3. The course of study shall embrace instruction in Logic ; 
Psychology; Ethics; History of Philosophy; Pedagogics; the 
Greek Language and Literature, including Epigraphy and 
Archaeology; the Latin Language and Literature, including 
Epigraphy and Archseology; the English Language and 
Literature, including Anglo-Saxon and Gothic; the Germanic 
Languages and Literatures ; the Romance Languages and 
Literatures; Sanskrit and Zend; and the Semitic Languages. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



SCHOOL OF PURE SCIENCE. 

Faculty. § I- The Faculty of Pure Science shall consist of the Presi- 
dent and of all professors who give instruction leading to the 
degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in the 
Departments of Mathematics, Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, 
Mineralogy, Astronomy, Geology, Zoology, and Botany, and 
of such other professors as may be specifically assigned to this 
Faculty by the Trustees. 



STUDENTS. 



25 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



Any member of this Faculty, who is also a member of Faculty 
another Faculty that elects a delegate to the University 
Council, shall vote for this purpose in one Faculty only. He 
shall notify the Secretary of the Faculty of Pure Science, 
when called upon to do so, in which Faculty he elects to 
exercise this right, and, thereafter, he shall not be allowed to 
vote for a delegate to the University Council in a different 
Faculty without the formal consent of the Trustees. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree in this School must have suc- 
cessfully pursued a course of study in the College, or in some 
other institution maintaining an equivalent course of study, 
to the close of the Junior year, or must pass a satisfactory 
examination upon the studies of the first three years of the 
College. 

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to give university university 

instruction in the several subjects represented by the depart- "'^ "' 

ments embraced in it; and in addition, to give in the Schools 
of Applied Science, whatever instruction may be needed in 
such subjects. 



Instruction. 



CHAPTER XV. 



STUDENTS. 

§ I. Every student will be required, as a condition of ad- Matriculation, 
mission to the College or to any School, to write in the matricu- 
lation book, to be kept in the President's office or wherever 
the President may direct, his own name, and the name, place 
of abode, and post-office address of his father or guardian, 
together with a statement of the College or School or Schools 
in which he proposes to conduct his studies. 

§ 2. No student shall be required to matriculate more than Registration, 
once while a member of the University, but at the beginning 
of each academic year each student shall file with the Presi- 
dent a statement containing the information required by the 
foregoing section. 

§ 3, Ah honorable discharge shall always be granted to any Discharge, 
student in good standing who may desire to withdraw from 
the University; but no student, under the age of twenty-one 
years, shall be entitled to a discharge without the assent of 
his parent or guardian, furnished in writing to the President, 

§ 4. Any matriculated student may attend any combination Attendance, 
of courses permitted by the President, by and with the advice 
of the University Council. Such student shall pay the fee 
proper to the College or to the School in which he takes the 
greatest number of hours. 



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FEES. 



Special 
Students. 



Students in 
other Insti- 
tutions. 



§ 5. Special students may be admitted in the College and 
in all the Schools, under regulations prescribed by the several 
Faculties. 

§ 6. Students in other institutions designated for the pur- 
pose by the Trustees may, upon the nomination of the heads 
of such institutions respectively, and with the approval of the 
President, attend lectures in the College or in any of the 
Schools, without the payment of fees. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Matriculation 
Fees. 



Tuition Fees. 



Examination 
Fees. 



FEES. 

§ I. The following fees are established: 
For Matriculation ........ $5 

For Tuition : 

For candidates for a degree, 

In the College ..... 

In the School of Law 
In the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons ..... 

In the Schools of Applied Science . 
In the School of Political Science 
In the School of Philosophy 
In the School of Pure Science . 

For candidates for the degrees of Master 

of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy . 
The maximum fee for these degrees shall 

ively $150 and $300. 
For students pursuing partial courses, 

at the rate of $15 per annum for each hour of attend- 
ance per week on lectures or recitations, with a maxi- 
mum fee of ....... . 

except that in the Schools of Pure Science and Ap- 
plied Science the maximum fee shall be . 
For auditors, 
at the rate of $20 per annum for each hour of at- 
tendance per week on lectures or recitations, with a 
maximum fee of ...... . 200 

For Examinations : 

For examinations at unusual times .... 5 

For the Bachelor's degree (not professional or technical) 15 
For any professional or technical degree . . -25 
For the degree of Master of Arts . . . -25 

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy . • • 35 



per annum 


150 


do 


150 


do 


200 


do 


200 


do 


150 


do 


150 


do 


200 


do 


150 


be respect- 





150 



200 



FEES. 



27 



Special Fees : 

In the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
For students who are not candidates for a degree : 

At the rate for each course of didactic lectures in 
Anatomy; Physiology; Physics and Chemistry; 
Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Hygiene; Ob- 
stetrics and the Diseases of Women; Surgery; 
Pathology and Practical Medicine, including the 
diseases of the Mind and Nervous System . . $20 
Dissection .,....,. 10 

Dissecting material, per "part" . . . . i 

Practical Chemistry, including chemicals and break- 
age, per course ....... 25 

Laboratory course in Pathology and Pathological 

History, including materials . . . -25 

Laboratory fee for special instruction in Pathology 

or Histology or Bacteriology, per month . -25 
Operative surgery on the cadaver, including ma- 
terial, per course ....... 20 

For other special courses the fees must be spe- 
cially arranged for with the instructors. 

The clinical lectures at the Vanderbilt Clinic are 
free to matriculates who do not take the regular 
curriculum. 

The public clinical lectures, and demonstrations 
of Pathological Anatomy, which are given at the 
hospitals by officers of the University, are free to all 
matriculates. 

In the Schools of Applied Science, 
For graduate students : 

For the use of the cabinets only . . . -25 

For the use of the drawing academy only . . 25 

For the use of the laboratories or either of them . 50 

For candidates for admission to advanced standing 

who attend the Summer School in Surveying . 35 

The President and Treasurer are authorized to determine 

the fees to be paid in special cases, for partial attendance, 

upon the basis of the fees hereinbefore specified. 

§ 2. The matriculation fee shall be paid before the entrance 
examination. Examination fees shall be paid in all cases be- 
fore examination. 

§ 3. Annual tuition fees may be paid in equal installments 
at the beginning of each session of the academic year, except 
that whenever the total amount of a student's tuition fees 
shall not exceed one hundred dollars the full amount shall be 
paid at the beginning of the academic year, or at entrance. 



Special Fees 
(Medicine). 



Special Fees 

(Applied 

Science.) 



Payment 
of Fees. 



Annual 
Tuition Fees. 



28 



ACADEMIC COSTUME. 



Prepayment 
of Dues. 



Exemption of 
Graduate 
Students. 



Exemption of 
Fellows. 



§ 4. No candidate for a degree in the College or in any 
School shall be entitled to receive the same until he shall have 
discharged all his dues to the University. 

§ 5. Students who have taken the degree of Doctor of 
Philosophy in this University may, with the consent of the 
University Council, continue their researches in the labora- 
tories or library of the University without the payment of 
tuition fees. 

§ 6. {Repealed from and after July i, ipoo.) Fellows shall 
be exempt from payment of all fees. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



ACADEMIC COSTUME. 

Costume. §1. The following described academic costume is adopted, 
to be worn upon all appropriate occasions, as indicating the 
several degrees and the Faculties to which they pertain. 
Gowns. Gowns. I. Pattern. — Those commonly worn, with pointed 
sleeves for the Bachelor's degree, with long closed sleeves for 
the Master's degree, and with round open sleeves for the 
Doctor's degree. 2. Material. — Worsted stuff for the Bach- 
elor's degree; silk for the Master's and Doctor's degrees. 

3. Color. — Black. 4. Trimmings. — For the Bachelor's and 
Master's degrees the gowns are to be untrimmed. For the 
Doctor's degree the gown is to be faced down the front with 
black velvet, with bars of the same across the sleeves ; or the 
facings and crossbars may be of velvet of the same color as 
the binding or edges of the hood, being distinctive of the 
Faculty to which the degree pertains. 

Hoods. Hoods. I. Pattern. — The pattern usually followed by 
colleges and universities save as modified below. 2. Mate- 
rial. — The same as that of the gown. 3. Color. — Black. 

4. Length. — The length and form of the hood will indicate 
the degree, as follows : For the Bachelor's degree, the length 
shall be three-fourths that of the Master's degree. The 
Master's degree shall be of the customary length, not exceed- 
ing four feet; and the Doctor's degree shall be of the same 
length but have panels at the sides. 5. Linings. — The hoods 
shall be lined with the official colors of the University; light 
blue and white. 6. Trimmings. — The binding or edging, 
not more than six inches in width, to be of silk, satin or vel- 
vet, the color to be distinctive of the Faculty to which the 
degree pertains, thus: Faculty of Arts and Letters, white. 
Faculty of Theology, scarlet. Faculty of Law, purple. Fac- 
ulty of Medicine, green. Faculty of Philosophy, dark blue. 



ACADEMIC CALENDAR. 



29 



Members of 
Faculties. 



of other 
Colleges. 



Faculty of Science, yellow. Faculty of Fine Arts, brown. Hoods. 
Faculty of Music, pink. 

Caps. The caps shall be of the material and form generally caps, 
called mortar-board caps. The color shall be black. The 
Doctor's cap may be of velvet. Each cap shall be ornamented 
with a long tassel attached to the middle point at the top. 
The tassel of the Doctor's cap may be, in whole or in part, of 
gold thread. 

§ 2. Members of the governing body shall be entitled, Trustees: 
during their term of office, to wear the gown of highest dig- 
nity — that of the Doctor's degree — together with the hood 
appropriate to the degree which they may have severally 
received. Members of the Faculties, and any persons offi- 
cially connected with the University who have been recipients Deg 
of academic honors from other universities or colleges in good 
standing, may assume the academic costume corresponding 
to their degree, as described in the foregoing section, provided, 
that such right shall terminate if such persons shall cease to 
be connected with the University. The President and Deans 
of Faculties may adopt distinctive badges, not inconsistent 
with the costume hereinbefore described. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

ACADEMIC CALENDAR. 

§ I. There shall be a vacation in the College and in all the vacation. 
Schools to be fixed annually in advance by the University 
Council, but such vacation shall not begin earlier than the 
second Wednesday in June, nor extend beyond the first Mon- 
day in October, except by consent of the Trustees. 

§ 2. There shall be an intermission of the public lectures intermissions, 
on Ash-Wednesday, on Good Friday, on public holidays estab- 
lished by law, and on such days in each year as may be rec- 
ommended by the civil authority to be observed as days of 
fast or thanksgiving; and at Christmas time for a period 
not exceeding two weeks, to be determined by the University 
Council. 

§ 3. The President may, in extraordinary cases, grant an intermissions, 
intermission for other days, not exceeding three days at any 
one time; and it shall be his duty to report the same at the 
next succeeding meeting of the Trustees, together with the 
object and the reason for granting such intermission. 

§ 4. The number of terms in the College and in each Terms. 
School, and their duration, shall be fixed annually, in ad- 
vance, by the University Council. 



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PUBLICATIONS. 



Examina- 
tions. 



Commence- 
ment. 



Baccalaureate 
Sermon. 



§ 5. The dates for entrance and final examinations in the 
College and in the various Schools shall be fixed annually, in 
advance, by the University Council. Other examinations 
may be held at the pleasure of each Faculty. 

§ 6. There shall be an annual Commencement on a day 
to be fixed annually, in advance, by the University Council, 
v/hen degrees shall be conferred. 

§ 7. Commencement Week shall begin on the Sunday pre- 
ceding Commencement Day with religious services, in which 
the officers and students of the University shall be invited to 
participate. Such services shall consist of the reading of 
morning or evening prayer, as set forth in the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, and the delivery of a baccalaureate sermon, 
the preacher thereof to be selected by the Trustees. The 
President shall have charge of the arrangements for such 
service. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



Printing 

and 

Advertising. 



Handbook: 
Catalogue. 



University 
Bulletin. 



President's 

and 

Treasurer's 

Reports. 



§ I. All printing and advertising connected with the edu- 
cational administration of the University, unless otherwise 
directed by the Statutes or By-Laws, or by resolution of the 
Trustees, shall be prepared, edited, and published under the 
direction of the President by an officer appointed by him. 

§ 2. A handbook of information or catalogue containing 
the names of the officers, the requirements of admission, the 
courses of instruction, the existing regulations, and such 
other information concerning the University as the President 
may think expedient, shall be issued annually. 

§ 3. A bulletin containing official announcements concern- 
ing the University ; a record of the literary and scientific work 
carried on by or under the direction of the University Council 
or the several Faculties; announcements of meetings of lit- 
erary or scientific associations to be held in the University 
buildings, and, so far as may be deemed proper, accounts of 
such meetings ; and announcements of such other facts as may 
be of general interest, shall be issued whenever and as often 
as the President may deem desirable, provided that the ex- 
pense of such publication shall not exceed the appropriation 
annually made therefor. 

§ 4. A summary of the annual reports of the President and 
Treasurer shall be annually printed and distributed under the 
direction of the President among the Alumni and friends of 
the University. 



PUBLIC LECTURES AND MEETINGS— FELLOWSHIPS. 3 I 

§ 5. All publications for the use of the Trustees shall be Form, 
printed in octavo form, and, so far as possible, in uniform 
style. 

§6. The general catalogue of the Trustees, officers, Alumni, General 
and honorary graduates of the University, shall be published *** °^"^' 
in 1894, and every sixth year thereafter. , 

CHAPTER XX. 

PUBLIC LECTURES AND MEETINGS. 

§ I. Public lectures shall from time to time be delivered at Public 
the University or elsev^^here during the academic year by such 
officers of the University or others as the President may think 
proper to invite, attendance upon which shall be either free 
or subject to a moderate charge as the President may deter- 
mine, provided that the expense incurred for such lectures 
shall not exceed the amount appropriated therefor. All fees 
collected or received from persons attending such lectures 
shall be paid to the Treasurer, and form part of the general 
funds of the University. 

§ 2. All university courses under the Faculties of Political university 
Science, Philosophy and Pure Science, subject to the consent AudUor's. 
of the professor delivering the course, and under regulations 
to be determined by the President, may be opened to the 
public upon the payment of the statutory fee. Persons at- 
tending courses under the provisions of this section and not 
matriculating shall be designated as "auditors." 

§ 3. The Association of the Alumni of Columbia College, PubUc 
the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Sur- Meetings, 
geons, the Association of the Alumni of the School of Mines, 
the Academy of Political Science, and other organizations 
approved by the President, may hold occasional meetings 
in the University buildings in such room or rooms as the 
President may designate, provided such meetings shall not 
interfere with the hours of instruction or the educational uses 
of the buildings. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

FELLOWSHIPS. 

§ I. There shall be twenty-four University Fellowships, university 
each of the value of five hundred dollars a year, but additional Fellowships. 
University Fellows may be appointed in cases where the orig- 
inal appointee waives the emolument of the fellowship while 
accepting the honor of the appointment, and in cases where a 



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FELLOWSHIPS. 



University 
Fellowships. 



University 
Fellowships. 



Term of 
Office. 



Tyndall 
Fellowship. 



Barnard 
Fellowship. 



University Fellow desires reappointment without emolument. 
Such fellowships shall be awarded by the Council to those 
applicants who give evidence of special fitness to pursue 
courses of higher study and original investigation, and the 
competition therefor shall be open to graduates of all colleges 
and scientific schools. Vacancies occurring in any of such 
fellowships shall be filled in the same manner in which original 
appointments are made. 

Section i amended so as to read after Jtdy i, ipoo : 

§ I. There shall be eighteen University Fellowships, each 
of the value of six hundred and fifty dollars a year, but addi- 
tional University Fellows may be appointed in cases where 
the original appointee waives the emolument of the fellow- 
ship while accepting the honor of the appointment, and in 
cases where a University Fellow desires reappointment without 
emolument. Such fellowships shall be awarded by the Coun- 
cil to those applicants who give evidence of special fitness to 
pursue courses of higher study and original investigation, and 
the competition therefor shall be open to graduates of all 
colleges and scientific schools. Vacancies occurring in any 
of such fellowships shall be filled in the same manner in which 
original appointments are made. 

§ 2. Fellows appointed under the foregoing section shall 
hold office for one year, and may be reappointed for two 
terms of one year each, and no more. 

§ 3. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the " John 
Tyndall Fellowship for the Encouragement of Research in 
Physics," which shall be held by some suitable person, who 
shall be either a graduate of or a student in the University, but 
not necessarily a candidate for a degree. Such Fellow shall 
be appointed by the Council upon the recommendation of 
the head of the Department of Physics. Such appointment 
shall always be for the term of one year only, but the Fellow, 
for the time being, shall be elegible for appointment from 
year to year upon like recommendation. The Fellow so 
appointed shall be entitled to receive during his term of 
office the net income of the capital sum constituting the en- 
dowment, to be paid in four quarterly installments on the 
usual quarter-days, upon the certificate of the President; and 
the Trustees guarantee that such net income will amount to 
at least six hundred and forty-eight dollars a year, being six 
per cent, upon ten thousand eight hundred dollars, the fund 
presented to the University by Professor Tyndall. 

§ 4. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
" Barnard Fellowship for Encouraging Scientific Research," 
which shall be held by a graduate of the College, or of 



FELLO W SHIPS. 



the Schools of Applied Science, who has evinced decided 
aptness for physical investigation and who may be dis- 
posed to devote himself to such investigation for some 
years continuously. Such Fellow shall be appointed by 
the Council upon the joint recommendation of the Faculty 
of the College and of the Faculty of Applied Science. Such 
appointment shall be for the term of one year only, but the 
Fellow, for the time being, shall be eligible to reappointment 
from year to year upon like joint recommendation. The 
Fellow so appointed shall be entitled to receive during his 
term of office the net income of the capital sum constituting 
the endowment, to be paid to him in four equal quarterly 
installments on the usual quarter-days, upon the certificate of 
the President. 

§ 5. It shall be the duty of a Fellow appointed under sec- 
tion three or four to devote himself faithfully to the investi- 
gation of some subject in physical science at this University, 
or at some other in this country or abroad, under the super- 
vision of some known physicist, approved by the President 
and the head of the Department of Physics. He shall make 
a report quarterly to the President, giving an account of the 
work in which he has been engaged during the three months 
preceding; which report shall be certified by the physicist 
superintending and directing him. In case of failure faith- 
fully to fulfil the obligations imposed upon him, such Fellow 
shall forfeit all privileges and emoluments conferred upon 
him by his appointment to the fellowship, and the Council 
may at any time declare the fellowship to be vacant. 

§ 6. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the " Co- 
lumbia Fellowship in Architecture," which shall be open 
to all graduates of the School of Architecture less than 
thirty years of age, and shall be awarded under such rules 
and regulations as shall from time to time be determined by 
the President and the Professor of Architecture. Holders 
of such fellowship shall devote the income thereof to foreign 
study and travel in accordance with plans prepared by them- 
selves and approved by the President and such Professor, 
and shall upon return present a written report and exhibit 
drawings in the School of Architecture. Such fellowship 
shall be awarded in the spring of every even-numbered 
year, and payments thereof shall be made by the Treasurer 
on the certificate of the Professor of Architecture, endorsed 
by the President, in four equal installments of three hundred 
and twenty-five dollars each on the usual quarter-days. 

§ 7. There shall be two fellowships to be known as the 
" McKim Fellowships in Architecture," which shall be 



Barnard 
Fellowship. 



Duties of 
Tyndall and 
Barnard 
Fellows. 



Columbia 
Fellowship. 



McKim 
Fellowships. 



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FELLOWSHIPS. 



McKim 
Fellowships. 



Alumni 
Fellowships. 



Drisler 
Fellowship. 



Class of '70 
Fellowship. 



Remunerative 
Employment. 



Place of 
Study. 



Regulations. 



Annual 
Fellowships. 



awarded upon like conditions and for like purposes as are 
specified in the foregoing section, but such fellowships shall 
be awarded in the spring of every uneven-numbered year, 
and payments thereof shall be made by the Treasurer, on 
the certificate of the Professor of Architecture, endorsed by 
the President, in four equal installments of two hundred and 
fifty dollars each on the usual quarter-days. 

§ 8. There shall be three fellowships in the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, to be known as the "Fellowships 
of the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons," the candidates for such fellowships to be desig- 
nated and appointed by the Association on such conditions 
as may be approved by it. Each fellowship shall be of 
the value of five hundred dollars a year for two years, to be 
paid quarterly by the Association to the Treasurer of the 
University and by said Treasurer to each Fellow, so long as 
such Association shall continue to maintain the same. 

§ 9. In commemoration of the semi-centennial in the ser- 
vice of the University of Henry Drisler, LL. D., of the Class 
of 1839, who has held in this University the chairs of both 
Latin and Greek, there shall be a fellowship in Classical 
Philology of the value of five hundred dollars a year, to be 
known as the " Henry Drisler Fellowship in Classical Phi- 
lology." 

§ 10. There shall be a University Fellowship to be known 
as the " Class of '70 Fellowship," of the annual value of five 
hundred dollars, which, after the expiration of the term of 
the present incumbent, shall be filled by the University 
Council, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations, 
not inconsistent with the Statutes, as may be prescribed by 
the Council. 

§ II. No Fellow shall be allowed to accept remunerative 
employment except by permission of the President, and the 
acceptance of any such employment, without such permis- 
sion, shall operate to vacate the fellowship. 

§ 12. All Fellows, except as hereinbefore provided, shall 
be required to pursue their studies during the term of their 
fellowship at this University, unless permission be granted 
them by the President to study elsewhere. 

§ 13. All Fellows shall be governed by such rules and 
regulations, not inconsistent with the Statutes, as may be 
prescribed by the Council. 

14. The Treasurer may receive gifts of money for fel- 
lowships to run for one year or more, provided that no 
fellowship shall be created for less than five hundred dollars 
per annum. Such fellowship shall be filled by the University 



FELLO W SHIPS. 



Annual 
Fellowships. 



Mosenthal 
Fellowship. 



Schiff 
Fellowship. 



Council, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations 
not inconsistent with the Statutes, as may be prescribed by 
the Council. 

§ 15. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the "Joseph 
Mosenthal Fellowship in Music," which shall be awarded 
at least every second year, upon the recommendation of the 
Professor of Music, to some competent person, either man or 
woman, who is prepared to devote himself to the study of 
musical composition at this University or elsewhere, in this 
country or abroad, under the supervision of some instructor 
approved by the President and the head of the Department 
of Music. The University Council may, at its discretion, 
enlarge the scope of the fellowship, provided always that the 
income shall be used so as to secure for some competent 
student of music advanced educational advantages that other- 
wise would be out of his reach. 

§ 16. From and after June 5th, 1898, there shall be a fellow- 
ship to be known as the "Schiff Fellowship in Political 
Science," the income of which shall be six hundred 
dollars per annum. The fellowship shall be open to 
graduates holding a first degree from any college or 
scientific school of good standing, either in this country 
or in Europe. Appointment to the fellowship shall be 
made each year by the University Council upon the recom- 
mendation of the Faculty of Political Science, and the recom- 
mendation of this Faculty shall be based upon the nomination 
following: on or before April first of each academic year the 
Faculty of Political Science shall propose to Mr. Jacob H, 
Schiff while living the name of a suitable person for nomina- 
tion by him. After Mr. Schiff's death, his oldest living male 
descendant bearing his family name is to enjoy the right to 
nominate in the same manner. Should the family name be- 
come extinct, the right of nomination is to inhere in the oldest 
direct descendant of Mr. Schiff, bearing any other name, who 
is a resident of the United States. Should no nomination be 
made by Mr. Schiff or his successor after proper notification 
by the Faculty of Political Science, the President of the 
University is to have the right to nominate. Should the 
recommendation made by the Faculty be unacceptable to the 
person having the right of nomination, the Faculty shall pro- 
pose other names until a nomination is made. 

§ 17. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
" Perkins Fellowship in Architecture," which shall be open to Fellowship, 
all graduates of the School of Architecture less than thirty 
years of age, and shall be awarded under such rules and 
regulations as shall from time to time be established by the 



Perkins 



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FELLO WSHIPS. 



Perkins 
Fellowship. 



Proudfit 
Fellowship 
in Letters. 



Proudfit 

Fellowship 

in Medicine, 



President and the Professor of Architecture. Holders of 
such fellowship shall devote the income thereof to study and 
travel in accordance with plans prepared by themselves and 
approved by the President and such Professor, and shall upon 
return present a written report and exhibit drawings in the 
School of Architecture, Such fellowship shall be awarded in 
the spring of every fourth year, beginning with the year 1902. 
The holder shall received the entire accumulated income of 
the Perkins Fund for the previous four years, and payment 
thereof shall be made by the Treasurer on the certificate of 
the Professor of Architecture endorsed by the President, in 
four equal installments, upon the usual quarter-days. 

§ 18. There shall be a Fellowship to be known as the 
"Alexander Moncrief Proudfit Fellowship in Letters," for 
the encouragement of the study of English Literature, which 
shall be open to all persons who being the sons of native-born 
American parents, shall have taken the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts after a three-years residence in Columbia College, and 
who shall, while enjoying such fellowship, remain unmar- 
ried. Such Fellow shall be appointed by the University 
Council upon the joint recommendation of the professors in 
the English Departments. Such appointment shall be for the 
term of one year, and may be renewed, for reasons of weight, 
for two terms of one year each, and no more. The Fellow so 
appointed shall be entitled to receive during his incumbency 
the net income of the capital sum constituting the endow- 
ment of such fellowship, to be paid in four equal quarterly 
installments on the usual quarter-days upon the certificate of 
the President. He shall carry on his studies and research at 
Columbia University, or elsewhere, under the direction of the 
Professors in the Departments named. 

§ 19. There shall be a fellowship to be known as the 
"Maria McLean Proudfit Fellowship," for the encourage- 
ment of advanced studies in Medicine, which shall be open to 
all persons, who, being the sons of native-born American 
parents, shall pursue advanced studies in Internal Medicine 
under the direction of the Medical Faculty of the University, 
and who shall, while enjoying such fellowship, remain un- 
married. Such Fellow shall be a graduate in Medicine and 
shall be appointed by t,he University Council upon the recom- 
mendation of the Faculty of Medicine. Such appointment 
shall be made every four years upon terms to be designated 
by the Faculty. A vacancy may be filled for any unexpired 
term. The Fellow so appointed shall be entitled to receive, 
during his incumbency, the net income of the capital sum 
constituting the endowment of such fellowship. He shall 
carry on his studies and research at Columbia University, or 
elsewhere, under the direction of the Faculty of Medicine. 



SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 
CHAPTER XXII. 



37 



SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 

§ I. The Alumni Association of Columbia College shall 
be entitled to have always, in the College, four students to 
be instructed free of charge. 

§ 2. The Society for promoting Religion and Learning in 
the State of New York shall be entitled to have always, in 
the College, two students in each class, to be instructed free 
of charge for tuition. 

§ 3. The members of the several Faculties shall be en- 
titled to have their sons educated in the College free of 
charge. 

§ 4. There shall be offered annually, as a prize to the stu- 
dent passing the best entrance examination in the College, a 
free scholarship for the term of one year. Such scholarship 
shall be known as the "Alumni Competitive Scholarship," 
and the Faculty shall have power to fix the conditions under 
which such scholarship shall be awarded. In each succeed- 
ing year of the course, the Faculty may award an Alumni 
Competitive Scholarship, and the Faculty shall have power to 
fix the conditions upon which these scholarships also shall be 
awarded. 

§ 5. The personal representatives of the late William B. 
Moffat, M.D., and their assigns shall be entitled to nominate 
and have always two students in the College, to be instructed 
free of charge; and such scholarships shall be known as the 
"Moffat Scholarships." 

§ 6. The nearest living male relative of the late John Jones 
Schermerhorn shall be entitled to nominate and have always 
five students in the College to be instructed free of charge; 
and such scholarships shall be known as the *' Schermerhorn 
Scholarships." 

§ 7. The scholarship in the General Theological Seminary 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church (heretofore placed at the 
disposal of the Trustees of Columbia College by the Society 
for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New 
York) shall be awarded upon the following conditions, to 
wit: 

a. All candidates shall comply with the requirements for 
admission of the General Theological Seminary, and as can- 
didates for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 
and must have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts and have 
been graduated with honors. 

b. All candidates shall report themselves to the Educa- 



Alumni 
Scholarships. 



S. P. R. L. 

Scholarships. 



Faculty 
Scholarships. 



Alumni Com- 
petitive 
Scholarship. 



Moffat 
Scholarships. 



Schermerhorn 
Scholarships. 



Theological 

Seminary 

Scholarship. 



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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 



Theological 

Seminary 

Scholarship. 

Barnard 
Medal. 



Annual 
Scholarships. 



University 
Scholarships. 



President's 

University 

Scholarships. 



tion Committee of such society at least three months previous 
to the examination to be held by the Faculty for the purpose 
of awarding such scholarship. 

§ 8, A gold medal, to be known as the " Barnard Medal 
for Meritorious Service to Science," shall be awarded at 
Commencement at the close of every quinquennial period, 
dating from the 17th of July, 1889, to such person, if any, 
whether a citizen of the United States or of any other 
country, as shall within the five years next preceding have 
made such discovery in physical or astronomical science, or 
such novel application of science to purposes beneficial to the 
human race, as in the judgment of the National Academy of 
Sciences of the United States shall be esteemed most worthy 
of such honor. 

§ 9. The Treasurer may receive gifts of money for scholar- 
ships for one or more years, provided that no such scholar- 
ship shall be for a less sum than the annual tuition fee of 
the College or of the School in which it is provided. Such 
scholarships shall be filled by the Faculty under whose care 
they properly come, and the scholars holding them shall 
pay all fees. 

§ 10. In the Schools of Political Science, Philosophy, and 
Pure Science, there shall be thirty scholarships in all, each of 
the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, to be awarded 
only to students holding the first degree. These scholarships 
shall be known as "University Scholarships," and shall be 
awarded under regulations to be adopted by the University 
Council. The holders of University Scholarships must pay 
tuition and all other fees. 

§ II. In addition to the University Scholarships established 
by the foregoing section, there shall be from and after July 
I, 1896, two scholarships; from and after July i, 1897, four 
scholarships; from and after July i, 1898, six scholarships; 
and from and after July i, 1899, eight scholarships, each of 
the annual value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which shall 
be known as the " President's University Scholarships." Such 
scholarships, which shall be for the term of one year, shall be 
filled by the University Council, and shall be governed in 
all respects by the regulations attached to the University 
Scholarships established by the preceding section, and by 
such further regulations as may from time to time be here- 
after adopted by the Trustees. The holders of such scholar- 
ships may be reappointed upon the expiration of their terms 
upon such conditions as may be prescribed in the regulations. 
In case any one of said scholarships is not awarded in any 
year, or in case any such scholarship shall become vacant 



SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 



39 



otherwise than by the graduation of the incumbent, an addi- 
tional scholar may be appointed to fill such vacancy. An 
additional President's University Scholarship may annually 
be awarded in lieu of any of the Brooklyn Scholarships 
provided for in the following section, in case any of such 
Brooklyn Scholarships shall not be awarded or shall become 
vacant otherwise than by graduation of the incumbent, but 
such additional President's University Scholarship shall be 
awarded only for the period during which such Brooklyn 
Scholarship is vacant. The recipient of any such scholarship 
may, with the consent of the President, assign the income 
thereof to any properly qualified candidate without waiving 
his right to be designated as a "President'sUniversity Scholar. " 

§ 12. There shall be in the College from and after July i, 
1896, three scholarships; from and after July i, 1897, six 
scholarships; from and after July i, 1898, nine scholarships; 
and from and after July i, 1899, twelve scholarships, each of 
the annual value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which shall 
be known as the " Brooklyn Scholarships." Such scholarships 
shall be awarded under such regulations as the Faculty of 
the College shall establish, and the Trustees shall from time 
to time approve, to boys resident in Brooklyn and prepared 
for College in any school in Brooklyn, whether public or 
private, and shall be held for the full College course of four 
years. The holders thereof shall pay the tuition fee and 
all other fees. In case any one of said scholarships is not 
awarded in any year, or in case any such scholarship shall 
become vacant otherwise than by the graduation of the in- 
cumbent, an additional scholar may be appointed to fill 
such vacancy. The recipient of any such scholarship may, 
with the consent of the Faculty of the College, assign the 
income thereof to any properly qualified candidate without 
waiving his right to be designated as a "Brooklyn Scholar." 

§ 13. There shall be two scholarships in the College, to be 
known as the " Stuart Scholarships, " in memory of Sidney 
Barculo Stuart, Class of '80, College, and Eugene Talman 
Stuart, Class of '81, College, founded by their grandmother, 
Cornelia A. Atwill, October, 1895; and the said Cornelia 
A. Atwill shall have the privilege of nominating the in- 
cumbents of such scholarships during her lifetime, and after 
her decease such nominations shall be made by the President 
and the Dean of the College, on such terms and conditions 
as they may from time to time impose. 

§ 14. A prize, to be known as the "Grant Squires Prize," 
consisting of the income to be derived from the fund hereto- 
fore established by Grant Squires, of the Class of 1885, shall 



President's 
University 
Scholarships. 



Brooklyn 
Scholarships. 



Stuart 
Scholarships. 



Grant Squires 
Prize. 



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SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 



Grant Squires 
Prize. 



Loubat 
Prizes. 



Bunner 
Medal. 



Hewitt- 
Harper 
Scholarships. 



be awarded at Commencement at the close of every quin- 
quennial period, dating from the ist day of July, 1895, to 
such graduate, conducting an original investigation of a socio- 
logical character, as shall be adjudged most worthy by a com- 
mittee of award, consisting of the President, the Professor 
of Sociology and one of the Professors of Political Economy, 
selected by the President. Such award shall be deemed to 
be a recognition of scientific ability and achievement, as well 
as an encouragement of research. 

§ 15. Two prizes, to be known as the "Loubat Prizes," 
of the value respectively of one thousand dollars and four 
hundred dollars, shall be awarded at Commencement at the 
close of every quinquennial period, dating from the ist day 
of July, 1893, for the best work printed and published in the 
English language on the History, Geography, Archaeology, 
Ethnology, Philology, or Numismatics of North America. 
The competition for such prizes shall be open to all persons, 
whether connected with the University or not, and whether 
citizens of the United States of America or of any other 
country. 

§ 1 6. A prize, to be known as the " H. C. Bunner Gold 
Medal," shall be awarded annually at Commencement to the 
student who shall present the best essay on an assigned sub- 
ject in American Literature. The competition for such prize 
shall be open to all candidates for a Columbia degree, and 
the award shall be made by a Committee appointed by the 
President. 

§ 17. There shall be in the College two scholarships to 
be known as the " Hewitt Scholarships," endowed by the gift 
of Abram S. Hewitt, LL.D., Class of 1842, and two scholar- 
ships to be known as the "Harper Scholarships," endowed 
by the bequest of Joseph W. Harper, A.M., Class of 1848. 
Each of such scholarships shall be of the annual value of 
one hundred and fifty dollars. Such scholarships shall be 
open to competition to graduates of the New York City High 
Schools under such regulations as the Faculty of the College 
shall establish, and the Trustees shall from time to time 
approve, and shall be awarded from year to year after the 
final annual examinations by such faculty. The holders 
thereof shall pay the tuition fee and all other fees. One of 
such scholarships shall be offered for competition in each 
class, but in case any one of such scholarships is not awarded 
in any class, or in case any such scholarship shall become 
vacant otherwise than by the graduation of the incumbent, an 
additional scholar may be appointed to fill such vacancy. 
The recipient of any such scholarship may waive the stipend 



SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 



41 



without waiving his right to be designated as a " Hewitt 
Scholar "or " Harper Scholar" as the case may be, and the 
Faculty may then appoint an additional scholar in his place. 

§ 18. Sued. i. In recognition of the liberal gifts for the 
purchase of the site on Morningside Heights which have been 
received from J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, 
D. Willis James, A. A. Low, Morris K. Jesup, R. Fulton 
Cutting, Alfred Corning Clark, Jacob H. Schiff, Samuel D. 
Babcock, Oswald Ottendorfer, Samuel Sloan and Henry 
Parish, the following scholarships, designated collectively as 
" Benefactors' Scholarships," are hereby established : 

Twenty Morgan Scholarships; twenty Vanderbilt Scholar- 
ships; ten James Scholarships; three A. A. Low Scholarships; 
one Jesup Scholarship; two Cutting Scholarships; two Clark 
Scholarships; one Schiff Scholarship; one Babcock Scholar- 
ship; one Ottendorfer Scholarship; one Sloan Scholarship; 
and one Parish Scholarship. 

Sued. 2. Benefactors' Scholarships shall be awarded as 
follows: 

In the College: five Morgan Scholarships; five Vanderbilt 
Scholarships; three A. A. Low Scholarships; two Cutting 
Scholarships; two Clark Scholarships; one Sloan Scholarship; 
one Parish Scholarship; and one Schiff Scholarship. 

In the School of Law: eight Morgan Scholarships; and 
eight Vanderbilt Scholarships. 

In the Schools of Applied Science: seven Morgan Scholar- 
ships; seven Vanderbilt Scholarships; ten James Scholarships; 
one Jesup Scholarship; one Babcock Scholarship; and one 
Ottendorfer Scholarship. 

Sued. 3. Benefactors' Scholarships shall be awarded from 
year to year by the Faculty of the College, of Law, and of 
Applied Science, as the case may be, to students who have 
already passed one year in the College or School under its 
charge, whose record for ability and scholarship gives evi- 
dence of special fitness for the course of study which they 
propose to pursue, and who need pecuniary aid to obtain an 
education. Such scholarships shall be awarded by the re- 
spective Faculties above mentioned under regulations to be 
severally established by them and approved by the University 
Council. 

§ 19. The Faculties of the College, of Law, and of Ap- 
plied Science may also award scholarships, from year to 
year, to be known as " Faculty Scholarships," not exceeding 
ten in the College, four in the School of Law, and eight in 
the Schools of Applied Science, to students whose record for 
ability and scholarship, obtained either before or after matric- 



Hewitt- 
Harper 
Scholarships. 



Benefactors' 
Scholarships. 



Faculty 
Scholarships. 



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Faculty 
Scholarships. 



Stipend of 
Scholarships. 



Publication of 
Names. 



Freshman 
Scholarships. 



Discretionary 
Awards. 



Beck 
Scholarship. 



Beck Prize 
Scholarship. 



ulation, gives evidence of special fitness for the course of 
study which they propose to pursue, and who need pecuniary 
aid to obtain an education, and provided that in the School 
of Law Faculty Scholarships shall be awarded only to col- 
lege graduates. Such scholarships shall be awarded by the 
respective Faculties above named under regulations to be 
severally established by them and approved by the University 
Council. 

§ 20. Each of the Benefactors' and Faculty Scholarships 
shall be of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars if in the 
College or School of Law, and of the value of two hundred 
dollars if in the Schools of Applied Science. The holders of 
all such scholarships shall pay the tuition fees and all other 
fees. 

§ 21. The Faculty awarding scholarships may determine 
whether or not the name of the holder shall be published. 

§ 22. The Alumni Association, Moffat, Schermerhorn and 
Stuart Scholarships shall hereafter be awarded by the Faculty 
of the College in their discretion (subject, when required by 
the terms of the gift, to the approval of the donor of the fund 
or his representative), but such scholarships shall be tenable 
for the Freshman year only. 

§ 23. The Faculty of the College, in the case of there being 
an insufficient number of candidates whose qualifications are 
satisfactory to the Faculty to fill any scholarships especially 
limited to any particular class of students, may fill such 
scholarships, at their discretion, with other students, when- 
ever it can be done without violation of the terms of a gift. 

§ 24. In recognition of the liberality of Charles Bathgate 
Beck, LL. B., Class of '77, there is hereby established in the 
College a scholarship, to be known as the " Beck Scholar- 
ship," the holder of which shall be instructed free of charge. 
Such scholarship shall be awarded by the Faculty of the 
College in the same manner and subject to the same condi- 
tions as the Faculty Scholarships. 

§ 25. A scholarship, to be known as the " Charles Bath- 
gate Beck Prize Scholarship," shall be awarded annually by 
the Faculty of Law (under regulations to be established by 
such Faculty) to the member of the First Year Class in the 
Law School who shall pass the best examination in the sub- 
jects of the Law School Course relating to Real Estate Law, 
provided that the regulations shall require that no student 
shall be admitted as a competitor for the prize unless his 
record for ability and scholarship gives evidence of special 
fitness. The holder of such scholarship shall, provided he 
remains a member of the School, receive one year's income 



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of the prize fund established by the will of Charles Bathgate Beck Prize 
Beck, in equal semi-annual installments, during the two "^ ° ^" '^' 
years following the award. In the event of two or more 
students passing examinations of equal merit, the income of 
the fund may be subdivided. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

§ I. These Statutes shall not be amended, altered, or re- Amendments, 
pealed, unless notice in writing of such proposed amendment, 
alteration, or repeal shall have been given at a previous 
meeting of the Trustees. 



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